Wondrous fun.

Today's outing was a venture out to Wonderscope which I've wanted to visit with the kids for some time now.  It was totally worth the wait.  The kids slept in till about 9 a.m. so we didn't get out there till 12:30 or so.  That was totally a good thing though.  By that time it was not as crazy and there was only one field trip group and a few other kids with their parents.  We didn't have to wait in line to do any of the wonderful hands-on activities.  As we went room to room N & W's eyes lit up at each of the rooms' different exhibits. 

Raceways was a huge hit with the boys.  I've neve seen so many activities that used so many golf balls!

Crater City was one of N's favorite exhibits!  He's got such a special affinity for space, the planets, and all thing astronaut!

It's fun to navigate your very own spacecraft!

What's there not to love about an underwater Lego adventure?

N in line getting ready to check out with his cart full of groceries in the City of Wonder.

W depositing money into his City of Wonder bank account.  Dang, too bad that's not real!

I was most surprised and thrilled with the Hands Can exhibit.  I realized that N might actually have a calling in TV.  Whereas I prefer to be in front of the camera, his passion is behind the camera. We talked for the rest of the day about photojournalism and how he could actually be a camera man one day.  You should have seen the way his eyes lit up at the possibilities!  In the exhibit, W & I sat in front of the camera while N filmed us giving a news report.  N played the part to a tee – complete with a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown followed by "ACTION"!  So cool!

Then they enjoyed helping a patient while learning about being healthy in the Healthy Kids exhibit.

After about halfway through all of the exhibits, we decided to head over to McD's for a late lunch.  We scarfed down our food so we could head back to Wonderscope and practically close the place down.  We stayed till about 4 p.m.!  All in all, a very cool day!